Be A Light In The Darkness

"...This Is How Many We Did Today"

A sneak peek inside the book God Moments III:  True Love Leads To Life (available fall 2012):

Chapter 5

Stories From the Battlefield

     My children and I were introduced to the 40 Days For Life campaign several years ago by a lovely friend who is active in the pro-life movement.  She sent me an e-mail with information about a campaign that was about to begin in a neighboring town.  Volunteers were needed to sign up for days and times to pray at the abortion clinic in that city.  

     My children and I signed up to pray for an hour during one of the 40 days.

     The week before our scheduled day, my daughter, who was around ten years old at the time, and I decided at the spur of the moment to go to the abortion clinic and pray after dropping my sons off at the church for an altar boy meeting, since we were not that far from the clinic.      

     As we pulled into the parking lot of the clinic, we noticed one woman standing in the legal area between the parking lot and the road.  She was praying all by herself. 

     Praying at an abortion clinic is always a life-changing experience, not only for those who pray for the unborn, their families, and all those who support the abortion industry, but also for the recipients of the prayers. 

     When we do not pray, so much good is never accomplished.  

      If you have never participated in a prayer vigil at an abortion clinic, you must!  Be sure to invite family, friends, and especially children to pray with you.

    We were so happy to see the woman praying at the abortion clinic that day, and she was so happy to see us!  After we exchanged introductions, the woman told us that she had been praying to our Blessed Mother to send someone else so she would not be by herself. 

     Blessed Mother answered her prayers!   

     Our prayers to God to end abortion matter a great deal, and in so many ways.  Lives are saved, people are strengthened, hearts are changed, abortion clinics are closed, people are informed where they can get the help that they need, and those who are wounded by abortion are guided to the hope, healing, and mercy that can always be found in Jesus Christ. 

     The prayers of every single one of us are needed by so many other people.  

   

  During 40 Days for Life campaigns, volunteers receive e-mail updates each day and are  invited to share their experiences.  The following story came from one of those e-mails.

     A man named Ryan was praying with a group at an abortion center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and described what happened after the center closed for the day. An employee exited the building, threw eight small plastic babies on the ground and said to the prayer volunteers, "I don’t know how long you people plan to be here, but this is how many we did today.”  

    The prayer group remained silent, watched the employee leave, and then prayed for the eight aborted babies and the abortion clinic staff. They distributed the plastic babies among the vigil participants to keep as reminders to pray for the unborn, especially the eight babies who had been aborted at the clinic that day.   

     “We all deal with trials at our vigils,” Ryan said. “We have faith that God is using us to do His work. This trial and others are proof that God is at work in these clinics.”

© Joseph Karl Publishing

To learn more about the 40 Days for Life campaign, visit:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/blog/

If you, or someone you know,

is in need of post-abortion assistance and healing, 

know that help is available!

Please visit:
Rachel's Vineyard

 
 

Value and defend it, from conception until natural death.

How is God at work in you?

 

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